
Signal creator Marlinspike launches Confer to fix AI chatbot privacy problem
A wave of privacy-focused AI tools — Confer, Lumo, Duck.ai, Venice.ai — is racing to shield chatbot conversations from logging, subpoenas, and training pipelines.
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A wave of privacy-focused AI tools — Confer, Lumo, Duck.ai, Venice.ai — is racing to shield chatbot conversations from logging, subpoenas, and training pipelines.

Traffic to the AI-free search page tripled on May 28, with U.S. iOS installs up 69.9% week-over-week after Google's AI Overviews push.

DuckDuckGo installs jumped 30% after Google's AI search push, and one CEO is calling out his peers for losing touch with the work.

2026 tech layoffs already match all of 2025, while DuckDuckGo installs climb 30% from users rejecting forced AI in search.

The privacy-focused search engine gained 18.1% week-over-week U.S. installs following Google I/O's AI Mode announcement.
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